Barber&#39;s apron



Sept. 13, 1938. H. c. BONSIGNORE BARBER S APRON Filed Aug. 21, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor 17?!77 Ban $771 y 2mm Aiiorneus Sept. 13, 1938.

H. c. BOINSIGNORE BARBER S APRON Filed Au 21, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Henry Bans/371011 Q By Attorneys Patented Sept. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to aprons designed for use by the customer in the barber, hairdressing establishment and the like to protect the garment of the customer from falling hair or from liquid used in the hairdressing operation.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apron of this character adapted to substantially cover the clothing of a person while in a sitting position and embodying means for detachably securing the apron to the neck of the person and also embodying upper and lower aprons separated along a horizontal line to enable the hands of the person to extend through the opening thus formed.

A further object is to provide a garment of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the apron in use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the rear of the apron and Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on a line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed 5 a preferred embodiment of the invention the numeral 5 designates an upper apron, preferably made of cloth or other suitable material and of suitable size to cover the front and back of the upper portion of the body of a person when placed over the shoulders thereof as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings. Adjacent the central portion of the upper apron 5 is formed a neck opening .6 from which the material is slit toward the rear edge 1 to form a pair of flaps 8 and 9. The neck opening is provided with a collar encircling band l having spaced open- 55 ings thus closing the slit at the back of the garment to prevent entrance of hair while the same is being cut.

The front edge of the upper apron terminates substantially at the waist of the wearer, as indicated at l3 and the front portion of the upper apron 5 overlies the bib portion l4 formed on the upper edge of a lower apron l5. The bib portion 14 extends upwardly along the chest of the wearer with the side edges thereof converging inwardly and upwardly in the arc of a circle as shown at l6 and terminating in an upper reenforcing tab I! which is secured to the underside of the upper bib 5 adjacent the neck band Ill as will be clearly apparent from an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The vertical side edges of the upper bib 5 and lower bib H are connected by continuous strips l8 which are positioned at the respective opposite sides of the wearer when the garment is placed in position. The lower edge of the lower apron l5 preferably terminates below the knees of the wearer.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that by reason of the fact that the lower edge of the upper apron l5 and the upper portion of the lower apron I5v are free from each other that an opening is provided through which the hands of the wearer may be inserted. v

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of the garment will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. An apron of the class described comprising an upper apron portion and a lower apron portion, said upper and lower aprons having their adjacent edges in overlapping relation and free from each other to provide a hand opening therebetween, a neck openingv in the upper apron, an extension on the lower apron intermediate its side edges and connected to the upper apron, and means connecting the side edges of the upper and loweraprons to each other.

2. An apron of the class described comprising an upper apron portion and a lower apron portion secured along their side edges, the adjacent edges of said upper and lower aprons being free and disposed in overlapping relation, a neck opening formed in the upper apron and a bib extending upwardly from the lower apron and attached at its upper portion to the upper apron adjacent the neck opening.

3. An apron of the class described comprising an upper apron portion and a lower apron portion secured along their side edges, said upper apron having its lower edge disposed in overlapping relation with respect to the upper edge of the lower apron, a slit extending inwardly from one edge of the upper apron and terminating in a neck opening adjacent the center of the upper apron, means at the neck opening for securing the apron upon a person with the edges of the slit in overlapping relation at the rear of the person and a bib extending upwardly from the lower apron underlying the upper apron and secured thereto.

HENRY C. BONSIGNORE. 

